CERE

I. transitive verb (~d; cering) Etymology: Middle English, to impregnate with wax, from Middle French cirer, from Latin cerare, from cera Date: 15th century to wrap in or as if in a ~cloth, II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~, from Medieval Latin cera, from Latin, wax Date: 15th century a usually waxy protuberance or enlarged area at the base of the bill of a bird